This is a pre-boarding announcement for flight 001 SPACEMAN departing from Ultra Lounge Friday Dec 12. For this amazing space odyssey, your co flight captains will be none other than the legendary house master Ko Kimura, and global techno producer Rennie Foster. Also on board are flight commanders Will2Live / John Waynne, Maluse and Model Citizen. This promises to be a trip into orbit that you will not soon forget. Ultra Lounge is an very exclusive space and this will be a rare opportunity to see such talent in an intimate surrounding. We really hope you can join us.
Ko Kimura celebrated his 23rd year of DJing as a professional DJ in 2008. He started DJing in his teens, and was one of the very first DJs to spin House music in Japan. Now he is known as one of the most influential and talented DJs in Japan always selecting most cutting-edge sound from diverse and ever-changing global dance scene. The tunes he reviews on magazines and plays at clubs become hit items. He often appears on Japanese media as a charismatic opinion leader for underground culture.
His resident parties have always been held at major clubs in Japan. "COOL" @ YELLOW kept running every month for 12 years and the final party was held in May this year due to the closing of the legendary club YELLOW. It was the longest thriving weekend night at YELLOW and his amazing 5+ hour set left so much influence to the Japanese scene.
Rennie Foster is a prolific DJ/Producer/Remixer from Canada now living in Japan. He has released more than 30 releases on labels such as Teknotika, Synewave, Monoid, IngomA, F-Communications, Soiree, Subject:Detroit and many many more. Rennie`s music gets strong support from top international DJs such as Laurent Garnier, Derrick May, Danny Tenaglia, Dave Clarke etc.. He currently has a big crossover club hit with 'Devil`s Water' on Rebirth Records from Italy, now getting heavy charting from DJs like James Holden, James Zabiela, Sasha, Layo and Bushwacka etc. Tracks from his debut album 'The War of Art' have been licensed by Kevin Saunderson and other big DJs for mix CDs and the new 'War of Art' Remixes are now released from Kaito, Djinxx and more. Rennie is currently working with many top names such as Paul Mac, DJ Bone and Angel Alanis on many projects and runs 2 labels, Futago Traxx and Dirty Works. Rennie is sponsored by RANE and Serato Scratch Live and is part of the elite Japan DJ Pro Team. Rennie is a long time member of the Universal Zulu Nation and is also a former DMC Competition judge. Rennie is a highly technical DJ who uses many interesting and original tricks to fuse together a mix of Digital and Vinyl, Techno, House and Minimal into a crazy and original style..always moving the dancefloor.
Model Citizen is Tokyo based DJ and Producer. A rising star in the next generation of Japan Super DJs, Model Citizen has delighted clubbers with his highly fresh and super original style of Rock, Hard Minimal and Electro House. Model Citizen has played at some of the top clubs in Tokyo including Womb, Bullets, Ruby Room, Ultra Lounge and Club Asia. With his amazing ability to fuse rock with techno, hip hop with house, Model Citizen’s live DJ shows have quickly become the stuff of legend. Model Citizen (aka Mike Armstrong) is originally from Toronto, Canada. Also look out for his first original production release in 2009!